Like their Italian counterparts, Filipino science-fiction action/adventures almost defy criticism. Both shamelessly imitate superior American, British, or Australian films, reworking stock plots that were old when sound came to the movies, but adding more sex and violence and car crashes.
This MAD MAX rip-off is set in Alaska "after the Nuclear Winter," which means that the 49th state has become a desert. Oil, the most prized commodity, is lorded over by The Ownership, a kind of mini-military-industrial complex. Naturally there's a rebel movement, not to mention an Indian-like
group--the mountain people. Norton is an officer for the Ownership who deserts when his f...
Released:
1987
Rated:
R
Length:
79 mins